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bolide|ˈbɒlaɪd|
[a. F. bolide, ad. L. bolid-em (nom. bolis) large meteor, a. Gr. βολίς missile, f. stem of βάλλειν to throw.]
A large meteor; usually one that explodes and falls in the form of aerolites; a fire-ball.
1852Th. Ross tr. Humboldt's Trav. I. x. 352 Not..a space equal in extent to three diameters of the moon, which was not filled every instant with bolides and falling stars. 1870Proctor Other Worlds ix. 192 Explode into small fragments, as bolides and fireballs have been observed to do. 1884Jefferies Life of Fields 183 It was not for some seconds I thought of looking for the bolide. |